Me
I’ve drive those roads, cycle the ranges, hike the bush trails, swim & surf the beaches, scramble around those rocks, mountain bike (and break my collar bone) in that forest and watch the sun set over the Tasman Sea. I love being a Westie. Waitakere City is my home,
Vicki says it all (Click for full article/release) Homeopaths Exploit Quake Fears to Sell Magic Water | Scoop News "It´s appalling to see these people exploiting those who are frightened or anxious by making unsupported claims to boost their business," says NZ Skeptics media spokesperson Vicki Hyde,
New Zealand has been described as 4 million people living along a fault line and last Saturday was literally shocking for the Canterbury Region. At 04:35 there was a 7.1 magnitude earthquake near Christchurch, New Zealand’s second largest city (pop about 372,000) & the South Islands
Politics
Is it worth moving to Wellington, just to BACK JACK? I love point three in his post as it seems to sum up the national, actually the National, economic strategy: 3. You can keep praying that the Rugby World Cup will give a temporary boost and hope no one notices
Rally New Zealand is a great event and hugely popular with spectators and competitors alike. Lets hope it’s back in 2012 and gets the sort of Government commitment the Rugby World Cup attracted. Rally NZ runs on a tiny budget, staffed largely by volunteers, the return on investment is
I didn’t know either directly but today marks the passing of two McLarens. Bruce McLaren, who founded McLaren Racing, died forty years ago and David McLaren, a colleagues father (and not related), was farewelled by family & friends today. In one of those small world connections I discovered David
New Zealand
What it says to me is there must be a lot of oil people commuting from Taranaki, Southland and, soon, the East Cape! What Houston to Auckland says about the 787 - FlightBlogger - Aviation News, Commentary and Analysis If ever there was a route that the 787 was designed
Tomorrow - 11:15 Sunday 30 May ( NZ time UTC+12:00) - Graeme Hill’s Weekend Variety Wireless Radio Live “What’s My Line” spot features Kiwi Architect Pete Bossley. www.radiolive.co.nz – Broadcast Nationwide in New Zealand on FM, a Web live stream and web audio archive
AutoCAD Civil 3D
Dana has a great post on how Civil 3D was used for a runway safety extension project at NZQN. BIM on the Rocks: Civil 3D and a New Zealand Airport I’ve introduced you to my friend Peter Thomson a few times. Last week, Peter sent me some pictures of
Fiat Abarth
Although his run ended with retirement (engine damage) it was great to see Albert Llovera in the Fiat Abarth Grande Punto this weekend. Last time I remember seeing a Fiat competing was back the late 1970s (Fulvio Baxxhelli & Francesco Rossetti won Rally NZ in a Fiat Abarth 131 in
Rant
Recently the April issue of Autocar (NZ) appeared in my mailbox. I was initially perplexed as I don’t subscribe to it but then noticed a (printed) sticker with the words “incorporating Driver”. I have subscribed to Driver since issue one so that was the connection. A few weeks earlier
Google’s blog recently announced that Unitec, my old tech (then known as Carrington Technical Institute), deployed Google Apps to its students across four campuses. When I was there in the mid-eighties there was no Google, let alone web applications, and a few thousand students shared one campus. The bleeding
